Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 22230, Joseph Ellis, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Ellis Joseph
8 22230
CONTENTS

Brooklyn
22 230
INVALID.
File No. 22 230
Joseph Ellis
Br Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

18.966 Pennsylvania
Joseph Ellis
of Columbia Co, in the State of Penn a who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Sh of the Reg t commanded by Col W in the Pennsylvania Major N —
6 Mo 14 Ds P r p 21.56
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 21 Dollars 3 3/4 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
20
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Mar 1833 — and Serv to — C. F. Ricketts, P. M. Cranberry, Pa
4333 1.662
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 — 53.90 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Vch 34 — 10.78
$64.70
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. S. D. Brown Clerk Book E Vol. 5. Page 17
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Oct. 29
Francis M. act 25
Free
Pa
Dear J. L. Edwards Commission of Pension City Washington D.C.
Admiral G. B. Davis

Orangeville Oct. 24-1833
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
in closed is the application of Joseph Ellis for a Pension. You will please to inclose his certificate, or any other papers relative to the case to me.
Very Respectfully
Your ob t Serv t &c
C. G. Ricketts, P.M. at Orangeville Col t Co Pa.

Pennsylvania
Columbia County
30th
On the Seventeenth day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Hon. Leonard Rupert esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County and State of Pennsylvania  Joseph Ellis a Resident of McClelland Township in said County aged Eighty three years , who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated
That in the month of November, (the day of the month I cannot recollect) in the year 1777 I entered the service of the United States as a Substitute for Brice Clarke in Lancaster County in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain William Shilly or Man of the Name of Hubley was an Colonel, I entered the service at Laycock Township in Lancaster County - The Company were Marched to near Lancaster and were placed in charge of and engaged in watching and taking care of German prisoners that had been captured and surrendered at the Capture of General Burgoyne . I continued in the Company service until February 1778 the day of the month I do not recollect when I was discharged by Captain Shilly at Lancaster and returned home. I was out as a Substitute
Three Months -
That the respondent was drafted in a Company of Militia at Laycock Township commanded by Captain Robbey in the month of March - in the year 1778 that the Company were Marched to Newtown in Bucks County Penna that they were engaged in observing and keeping under the Tory in

Bucks County, That they continued in this Service until the Month of June - in the same year when he was discharged by his Captain and returned home. That he was out this time Three Month -
That in the month of August - in the year 1778 he was again drafted into a Company Commanded by Captain Whoey at Laycock township in Lancaster County. That they were marched to different points in Lancaster County that he continued with the Company until some time in the same month when he was discharged he was out this time two weeks He did not receive a written discharge -
My memory is considerably impaired from age & bodily infirmities and I cannot state positively the days of my entering and being discharged from the Service - but I have no hesitation in declaring that I served under
Captain Skiles as a Substitute - Three months
Captain Whoey Three months
Captain Whoey four weeks making in all six months and a half - I was born at Belfast Ireland in the year 1750 I have no record of my age it is lost. When called into Service I lived in Laycock township Lancaster County & from there I removed to Northampton County Penn a from there to Madison township Columbia County. Where I now reside
I first entered the Service as a Substitute. I was afterwards drafted as before stated -
Colonel Hubley, Colonel Carpenter, Captain William Skiles, Captain Whoey whom with the troops when I served. - I never received a written discharge -
I am known to John Fenston Esq r . James Laid, Jacob Laid Esq r . Thomas Laid Esq r all of Madison township Columbia County - I have no documentary evidence, nor do I know of

any person who, to the best of their knowledge, to prove my service I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll on the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Second Respect
Joseph Ellis
We Isaac Derr & Abraham Kline both of Orangeville in the County of Columbia do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Ellis who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty Three years of age, that he is reputed the same in the neighborhood where he now resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion, and we further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the said applicant
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Second Respect
Isaac Derr A. K. Kline
I Second Respect one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the said applicant, that the said applicant was a Soldier and served as he states, and I further certify that the said applicant from great age & infirmity is unable to appear in open Court, and it appears to me that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the said applicant and I further certify that Isaac Derr and Abraham Kline who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of Orangeville in said County, that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Second Respect

State of Pennsylvania Columbia County p. 3.
I Jacob Eyerly Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Columbia aforesaid do certify that Leonard Rupert Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings and affi- davits were taken was & still is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Columbia aforesaid duly Commissioned as such and to all whose Official Acts as such are faith & Credit is and ought to be given. & that the signature of Leonard Rupert as within written is the proper hand writing of the said Leonard Rupert Esquire. In witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Danville the twenty third day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty three.
Jacob Eyerly Not.
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